Topic: Puzzle and Dragons Z/Super Mario Edition

Bleh, point being demos usually suck. lol
Plenty of Monster Hunter fans actually feel the same about the demos, they don't say much about the whole game.

Well, since the demo has unlimited uses I'll keep it in my folder of special demos.

I really wish they offer those as separate downloads some time after release.

Gore Magala is new to anyone who doesn't have a JP 3DS and the original MH4. I like what I played of the Puzzle and Dragons SMB demo. Not much content in it, but it gives me an idea of what the game plays like. Expert mode is surprisingly challenging too.

Puzzle and Dragons for iOS has been out for awhile. Just looking that up or giving the game a try (it's free to try) would give you an idea of how the game plays.

If the demo fails to capture the gameplay that's a shortcoming with the demo not the final product.

With your own time and your money it's good to have high expectations, I'm optimistic that the review for this game will do more to capture the fun of the game that was apparently lost with this demo.

After giving the game a better go last night I got hooked. Once I figured put a few things the gameplay opened up big time. I didn't even noticed the special abilities on the right side till way later.

Oh god, that really was a terrible demo! It barely teaches you the basics, but the game is really an RPG at its core and it does next to nothing to establish that. The expert part was fun, though. Really made me think. Still, it would've been more satisfying if they explained and let you utilize the customization and character growth more...

Same here! I kept losing in the expert level and had to learn about why that was happening on my own, which was sort of fun! But such a bare bones demo made me wonder if maybe the actual game(s) are going to be super-short. Like maybe they kept it simple because there isn't a whole lot to show in the first place?

Only if they ripped out 90% of the original P&D game...

I liked the demo and definitely will be getting the game. The demo only showed off the Mario game. It didn't show off the other one so you can't really judge the game based on the demo. The expert one was hard. I kept dying.

Mario Tetris sounds fun.

I liked the demo, however it was lacking. My only complaint about it was the timer effect should be on the gem like in Doctor Who: Legacy (which is a copy of the gameplay) There were plenty of times I was trying to move gems and without me realizing it the gem I was holding dropped and stopped me from getting as big of a combo as I wanted. With a timer effect on the gem I could more easily navigate the board. Currectly the timer is on the side of the screen where I am not looking while moving gems.

I noticed this, too, which is weird since in the tablet version, the timer is actually on (or at least above) the gem itself.

I finally got to the boss on expert (demo) and then end up dying. I was proud of myself lol

Pro-Tip: Luigi owns everything.

yeah I noticed that I did better when I switched to Ice Luigi during the expert mode.

Game hates me. When I use Luigi in expert, few of the blocks are blue >:[

Gotta use the skills.

I used the skills on the boss today on expert and destroyed him. Everything was a water attack except for 3 mushrooms. I've only been able to beat him once though with ghost Mario and his team.

I went all out as well. It was beautiful

So, the demo sucks, but it still convinced me to get this game. Expert mode really makes all the difference, as you have to learn how to actually play the game to get anywhere. I went from getting creamed by the first few enemies to wiping out the last boss in three moves (I saved up all my skills until the end, so I turned EVERYTHING except for some mushrooms into a blue orb, buffed their power and just went ham on it).

It took some time to adjust to the gameplay, though. I'm so used to traditional match 3 that I didn't know if I was going to be able to effectively do this weird gem bumping thing effectively. Turned out to be surprisingly engaging.

EDIT: Oh wow, Ice Luigi was this demo's easy mode. Ghost Mario is a bit trickier to master, and doesn't hit as hard. I actually died once before the final boss. Oh well, at least the mushrooms aren't completely useless in his campaign.